Poe Paradox

The Poe Paradox is a corollary to Poe's Law. It states that:

"In any fundamentalist group where Poe's Law applies, a paradox exists where any new person (or idea) sufficiently fundamentalist to be accepted by the group, is likely to be so ridiculous that they risk being rejected as a parodist (or parody)."

The term was first used by RationalWiki editor The Lay Scientist to describe an apparent paradox in the management of editing rights at Conservapedia:

A poe paradox: any new member of the Conservapedia project who's not as Conservative as them is liable to be chucked out. However, any new member who is as Conservative as them is in serious danger of being called a parodist, and chucked out.

by chris12467 August 17, 2008

Detweiler's Paradox

To genuinely accept a future negative outcome as fact only to be proven wrong.

"I did nothing to ensure I was going to pass this test. I should have failed. Another instance of Detweiler's Paradox in action."

by @gabek December 22, 2008

Paradox

Somewhat like a Mindfuck. Paradoxes are usually used as an example for the impossible or that god exists. Such as with every negative will come a positive.
If there is Anti-Matter, how can there be matter?

The girl died of , but thanks to the research done by the scientists based on her case, they were able to save the lives of many others.

You prevent your mother from creating yourself with your dad. But as a result, you wouldn't exist, therefore you couldn't do it in the first place. It's essentially an endless cycle.
These are examples of a paradox.

by NiteFish March 8, 2009

Paradox Head

Getting head, whilst doing something extremely nerdy. Causing the spectrum of extremely nerdy and extremely cool to collide. This usually causes a small black hole in the general area where the paradox head took place.

Getting Paradox Head while playing World of Warcraft, Halo, Call of Duty, Dungeons and Dragons, etc...

by TtlyNotAJew March 10, 2011

Buddy Paradox

Men who call everyone "Buddy" seldom develop close friendships, especially with other men. "Buddy" is actually a smokescreen for their anti-social nature. If they keep calling you "buddy," they aren't your buddy.

I thought he might become my friend, but he was just another guy with a buddy paradox.

by Enrealment March 20, 2023

time cock paradox

A theoretical paradox often used as an excuse for something.The time cock paradox occurs when someone travels through time and space causing a timeline of the events to form a penis-like shape.According to many theories doing such a thing would cause much mayhem,and confusion ,and possibly the annihilation of the universe.The destruction of the universe through the time cock paradox is known as the Great Coming.It is used as an excuse saying that the time cock paradox prevented you from doing something or caused you to do something.

"The time cock paradox caused my homework to be expelled through the singularity while I was switching dimensions."

"I wasn't at school because John Holmes recruited me to create the time pussy in order to stop the time cock paradox."

by Waterproofclad September 7, 2012

The 968 Paradox

The 968 Paradox.

The 968 Paradox originates from the devil’s number "666" and resembles how the opposite of it "999" (the positive) and itself come together (when overlapped) to create “8” : the number of infinity as respected in many cultures worldwide.

The 968 Paradox represents the paradoxical nature of positivity and negativity, and how they provoke and complete each other in the universal balance of life.

"My 'demons' started catching up with me when I realised I fell in love with you, feels like the 968 paradox."

by VBVJ June 10, 2023